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How many times did you have to rinse that through google translate to create that mess? Do you even read?

Are any of them currently working in game? Tell me what part of any of those are important to the gritty (cough) survival experience. Cars? Maybe... if they weren’t currently an embarrassment to the entire brand. Bikes? They aren’t even a spec on the horizon so we can go ahead and pack that in fantasyland along with the other empty promises for now since like 2/3rds of the content we enjoyed for years previously it’s just whimsical ambition. Wouldn’t anything important to Dayz have been enabled with the full release version of the game or maybe even made it to early access. You remember that, right? And what it was meant for? That 5 years we were all shovelling shit so that things like that could be tested out and polished before full release... Let’s go a step further and roll bases into the mix. Those are important too eh? Didn’t see them in early access but they squeezed themself into the full release of the game and I must say they have been an amazing addition and added significantly to the vanilla gaming experience. And yet the mantra of dayz is don’t get attached to your shit... so we build bases to... erm... So now somewhere in our apocalypse where random wrecked shit is just thrown all over the place we’re going to jump into a helicopter and... oooooh yeeeeah collect more shit and kill people. Not necessarily in that order. No problem because we will have a plane we can... uh... shoot down helicopters with and... uh... fly to a place really fast if we survive and... ooooooooh yeeeeeeeeah get more shit to hoard. In tents and barrels that we can’t place on a 1 degree incline next to a tree. Or we CAN in fact place it but in many instances won’t be able to repackage it since the bag is glitched into terrain. You know what annoys me about this stupid question- and there is such a thing, don’t believe the hype... is that of all the legitimate concerns people have voiced in this thread and all those that preceded it is that this is the bullshit you latch onto.

Nope, and so far as I can tell "they" think you're an idiot for expecting anything since they fucked it up so hard before. What did they fuck up exactly? Well so glad that you asked. They laid out a bunch of shit that was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY out of reach for the game and got everyone to get excited about it... look at helicopters... planes... bikes... trains... a working car? All the shit that literally had nothing to do with DayZ and was just blistering nonsense trying to lure in a bunch of the Arma crowd. And as a result of that absolute atrocious communication blunder now they think that not telling us anything they're working on is better. What's stupid about the whole thing is that everyone in the community felt betrayed at what was said and not being worked on. Now they're not saying anything about what they're working on... which is basically the same thing. At some point someone will figure out that if they don't give us the information, a community that has in many cases invested multiple thousands of hours in a title they desperately wanted to believe in... all the bug fixing and reporting, play testing, stress testing- all that fucking nonsense only to have the reset button pushed and left in the dark. We're a creative bunch after all since it has in fact been our imaginations that have created the world in which we live in- whatever world we want it to be. The platform does allow for that- it just did it so much better before. In the absence of any credible information we're pretty happy to make up the difference. Our story may be horrible, but at least it's accurate.

It's very difficult to respond to this for so many reasons. I still manage to have some fun with the game but most of that revolves around the guys I'm currently running with... but the game has shoehorned itself into being a hoarding simulator where you run as far as you can to stuff as much as you can into as many different places as you can all just to try and avoid killing yourself out of pure boredom. I said it once before but every patch since 1.0 feels like I'm getting a gag ball put in my mouth while the dev team stuffs themselves into a gimp suit and has their way with me as I trip over old and new bugs in wild and violating ways. There is no ambiance, no back story, no easter egg mystery a la radio broadcast mentioned earlier in a Gallery thread... nothing to look for other than yet another fucking gun and some other set of tires for yet another vehicle that's basically a death trap in all but an extremely narrow set of circumstances. I remember setting a goal of having a character geared up with only crafted leather clothing with a uniquely coloured arm band and eating only what I could hunt, snare or catch... A dude that, ironically, got killed by a hacker in Solnichny. You had to make fireplaces or you got sick and died if you got wet or ate raw meat. You carried saline and bloodbags because they could help you through a rough patch... It was all worth the effort and gratifying at the end. When you needed a break you could run in and pick a fight and get it out of your system so that when you left the city behind on your next character you knew you had a little fishing camp set up in a quiet place with some essentials- fishing pole, crossbow, barrel, lime, seeds, shovel. Maybe a tripod and upgraded stone fireplace if you really wanted to rub it in. And to make this a perfect failure, after shoving a full release down our throats for some christmas cash, they decide that communication is for infidels and proceed to keep everything secret so we can't complain about it. It's all been said before... but a game with as much potential as this had being sequestered into PVP detention is a travesty.

Fair points.

I had a nostalgia moment there for a few minutes reading back on some of the related threads about that broadcast. I wasn’t in for the mod but It was stuff like that that got me interested in playing SA.

Yeah... because people come Into the stable patch discussion to talk about mods.

BAM and I were working back northwards on the coast trying to find folks to help out and we bit off a bit more than we could chew on a high pop. We'd come out of Solnichny and found a few folks to help sustain in their journey with water bottles and some raw meat... but as we moved through Berezino we heard someone shooting around the PD on the north end. We converged on that area... "Contact- two guys..." BAM announced. "One guy has a hatchet out- they're coming at me!" I heard a couple shots- "Okay, they're both running away from the gunshots we heard... they're okay. Good thing I missed." There were a couple more shots and we got a pretty good bead on someone in / around the PD. We were feeling a bit punchy so we thought we'd go and sort this out. It took no time at all for BAM to single out the guy at PD and engage. The dude ate a couple rounds and then came right at him in the pub across the street- whether by fluke or design that decision did not work out well for him. "Wow- this guy has a lot of stuff..." I was closer to the main road working my way around the PD since there was some more movement around there. I figured if I could flank around I might be able to spot anyone working their way in on BAM. I settled in the woods to the north of PD and hunkered down to see what I could see. Within minutes I heard footsteps around me- I was on my small screen so I felt like I was looking through a soda straw- I immediately drew the LAR (I'd have normally pulled my FX for something that close but of course that had glitched out earlier and I'd had to drop it so fuck that thanks for asking) and spotted a guy running around the trees just to the west with a gun drawn. I put a tree between him and I and he took a few initial shots... I then heard multiple clicks- Empty? Jammed? I don't care- I'm all in on this guy. I got a couple of shots into him with the LAR but he answered back with a secondary weapon or... no idea. I was killed almost instantly. Clearly I'd run into a guy who was better at gunplay than me and I'll give it to him. One tip for folks, and one that the guy who fed me the green wiener doesn't need, is that if you get a jam it takes much less time to draw a second weapon than it does to clear a jam... so if you get a jam in a firefight draw that secondary and keep it going. BAM had another encounter but did better than I did in mine- things happened fast but he'd killed one of two guys who came at him and after reviewing the video it turned out to be the guys he'd let go earlier... they'd found a firearm and came back for play time. Definitely makes an argument for killing everyone you meet. We'll take it under advisement. I got my other guy going and we all met up around Riffy- BAM, DaveB and I were together at last after months of Dave being away from the game. "Head south on the coast like old times?" I asked. "Sounds like a plan!" the others agreed. "Helpy Helpers on Patrol." Felt good... blue armbands displayed proudly as we casually mocked each other for being morons... bad shots... jumpy... everything. At some point BAM got his finger in one of our asses and made the distinctive finger in cheek "popping" noise... I think we got it on video. Good times. We worked through the coast side of Berezino again from Svet. "Here's the scene of the crime..." I mentioned to DaveB after explaining that I'd had a bad go of it near PD. BAM took that opportunity to explain how he lived through multiple encounters and the fact that he was practically a supreme being in game... Is there such a thing as reverse foreshadowing? Oh wait- I think they call that Karma. We had made it through most of Zino and were coming out near "Chez Eno" from the old days... near the two train track bridges. We were beach side close to the tracks and I was working tail end charlie... They'd gone by the water and I stayed up by the tracks for a moment to scan- and caught movement by the southernmost bridge. "Contact... at least 1 guy on the rocks- geared. Weapon out." "Which rocks?" "Second bridge..." "Second bridge?" "Yeah- not your bridge... the next one. South." There was some back and forth but within seconds there were some gunshots- "I'm down!" BAM called out... I saw additional movement in the rocks as a result. "There are two guys... Both on the rocks- The one guy is just out of view... I can see his head but not enough to shoot at." I aimed... aimed... waited... The guy backed into my line of sight and I fired. Hit. Fired again on single shot with the M4... Missed a couple times but then hit- I think? The guy was about 5 feet away but the blood spatter happened in his wake. Was that me? Dave? Not sure... We were both working the problem. "I respawned close- I'm coming back in!" "Okay, they're both still by the rocks- at least one of them is down." We were moving carefully since nobody had been able to confirm decisively that these guys were down... DaveB and I couldn't see them. "I'm back- there's another guy chasing me! I need help!" DaveB answered BAM's call and headed in to defend but got caught off balance... these guys were good. "I'm hit-" Dave lamented... "Pulling back." I probably should have moved around the north west of the area instead of pushing into the choke point but we needed to keep the pressure on. "I'm getting shot at! Someone is chasing me! They're telling me to bait you-" BAM was trying to call out locations but none of it made sense since it was getting dark and I had no real idea where things had moved. "You need to engage!" "I'm working my way in-" I said... Dave was also working around the area trying to provide cover but he paid for it with his life. "I'm dead." I popped up to see someone in blue scrubs running after a freshie (BAM) and then a couple of other dark geared guys in the rocks. Everyone was moving and crisscrossing all over the place... BAM was right in the middle of it all- and I was really hesitant to shoot. It was chaos. I fired a couple rounds and I think I hit someone... might have been BAM for all I know since he quickly died. I pulled back and tried to grab some of DaveB's gear... as I pulled back the dude in the scrubs came running up to me. "Are you hurt? Can I help you?" "Not now man just get out of here." As I tried to get my bearings I saw the medic type guy standing on a rock above me up in the wide open with his hands up. As I moved he followed. "Can I help you?" "No man-" I peeked up and got a few shots off but ate a couple in return. I backed off, bleeding and health depleted. The medic followed... Normally I'd have been thankful but it didn't feel right. He was just standing above me on the rocks- in full view of the others- asking me if I needed help. With his hands up. I bandaged 3 times to control bleeding- I was getting my ass kicked here. I worked my way around and grabbed a couple things off DaveB... took more shots somewhere and was in a severe situation. The medic stood up on the rocks- "Now I know you're hurt! Do you need help?" He stayed up on the rocks... I shot him in the face. The rest of the engagement was a mess- I couldn't see anything as I flailed just trying to figure out where I was nevermind where shots were coming from. I ate a bullet at some point from somewhere that finished me. The Helpy Helpers had been bested... Again. But we'll come back... we always come back.

It's always been that way... not sure that's a bug.

Dude- everyone is complaining... about everything. And rightly so. We all have major gripes... and most are equally severe. You are not “the only one shouting.” Not by a long shot. Just throw yours on the top of the pile like everyone else does. Although you’ve got my attention with this duct tape bug... what’s that?

Well enjoy your single shot then I guess.

Had something happen to mine a couple days ago- couldn’t fire it for anything. Let bam try it... nothing. Had to dump it.

What's the trick to getting the stupid thing on now? We finally got it to work getting it off but now we can't get it back on. Anyone else?

https://youtu.be/lw8-6p8OsSA .308 to the face... chest... whatever. All good- carry on.

You just wanted to come in and spit your opinion on everyone with no intention of doing anything with the information that some can provide? People who have made it work? Really? Okay well maybe you and your wife can try Leisure Suit Larry instead? I hear it’s super easy to configure if you have a 3.5” floppy. I’m sure you’ll figure it out. DayZ is what divorces are made from anyway.

The items that were despawning didn’t have camo net on them or got camo net very early on... nothing is missing- not even the car with half a dozen plugs hidden in it. So our walls are undoubtedly despawning. And the fact that crickets from anyone who had access to the information about whether this is intended or not is no surprise. Some Muppet complaining he doesn’t know what to do in game gets a response in minutes but we get frosted. Awesome.

Okay so that’s why the gorka helmet with visor is said to not have additional benefits- since the entire head is protected with every Helmet. Sorry that whole thing was confusing but I think I get it now.

Would explain why a guy I just shot in the side of the face from 50m with a USG was able to shake it off and come back for more.

Bonus points if you know where it is... I've always really enjoyed this spot- partly because of fond fishing camp memories made possible by @emuthreat and @ColdAtrophy but also just the overall location... along the main road, immediately outside of a major city but away from the hustle and bustle of murder /death / kill. Where's your favourite location on the map?

Okay so we were building those walls by feb 20th... so how long is that? 55 days or so? Maybe 60 days since we’d been building them for some time by the time I was writing about it in the “how was your DayZ thread.”

@matiman I felt like it’s been months but maybe that was an exaggeration. I’ll have to go back in my stories and see if I can nail down the date

Some of our base walls have started disappearing- the base was pretty much wide open since the combo locks are / were / are fucked up so people wouldn’t have any benefit to tearing them down... plenty of boards are at spawns nearby and we have about 20 boxes of nails in the tent they could have taken. These walls have been up for months- so are they on a timer too?

Sometimes it will just be like that for half an hour... log out and back in again a couple times. Avoid it by waiting the 15 seconds for your character timer to elapse before joining another server.

Okay... well riffy isn't far away and I've found all those things there... but not all at once- is why I asked.

Was that all at riffy?